Comment by stck

Drawbacks? The difference could also be positive. Think of toki pona, an artificial language with only 123 words and their compounds.

http://en.tokipona.org/wiki/What_is_Toki_Pona%3F

When you see a bug, you a bug, whether it's a cockroach or a spider. Thinking becomes clearer and simpler (or so they say).